Candles make great gifts…but why not buy them for your own home? After a weekend visit at a good friend’s home last month, I decided right then and there, that the quality candles I buy as gifts for everyone else were also going to be gifts I needed to give myself as well.

Her home smelled amazing and not only that…the fragrance actually made you feel a great sense of well being. I felt good, relaxed yet invigorated all at the same time. I’m fairly well-versed in aromatherapy and its benefits…but I’ve typically only purchased quality candles for other people and have tended to spend less money on my own. Therefore I never really got to experience what candles really can do for one’s mind and spirit. I just had admired their looks and of course their scent, but just didn’t realize the concoction, formulation and amount of each aromatic oil can determine and provide superior aroma therapeutic benefits.
 
Today I wanted to share with you one of the candles she had in her home as well as one that I ended up purchasing for myself as well. They are both absolutely stunning in looks, vibrant in spirit, and magnificent in terms of burning life, ingredients and aroma.

Nothing is better in your votive holders than Votivo! My Votivo candle pick is Votivo Aromatic Candle Red Currant. Votivo Red Currant burn time is a whopping 50 to 60 hours and the red currant scented and hand-poured candle is a very fine aromatic soy-based candle. Imagine you and your lovely house guests enjoying your Votivo candles ambience and the beautiful scent of red currants, sweet vanilla and lovely raspberry! This candle is absolutely dreamy!

Next is the unique and lovely scented Archipelago Botanicals Pillar Candle – Havana. It’s relaxing and calming yet is truly invigorating and offers a sense of renewal. Archipelago Candles are all extremely high in quality and offer some of the lengthiest burn times within the candle market. Archipelago Botanicals Pillar Candle burns approximately 65 hours! Archipelago Botanicals pillar Candle Havana combines bergamot, tobacco leaf and ylang ylang offering a scent you have to smell for yourself to even remotely understand how truly beautiful and amazing it really is.  Archipelago Botanicals reviews are always high and this archipelago botanicals pillar candle is of no exception. The Archipelago Botanicals Pillar Candle-Havana certainly gets five stars from me!